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information now that will implicate the obama administration. if you pull that sweater it will come off and there will be exposing too many things we don't want to see. >> in the communication, one of the first things you want to do is admit what you know and admit what you don't know. administration went full bore blaming spontaneous attack on a video that is not true. intel community last friday tried to take the fall for it. people aren't buying it. something happened in the seven days where the white house and the intel community weren't talking to one another. >> bob: i want to know the key question, where did the video come from? where did the story -- sorry, that's greg's question. >> dana: that is the key question. >> bob: first, the reports you read here that is such a big suspenseful surprise, i read three of those in the newspaper. particularly the bombing at the gate. number two, i notice the request of the administration, when you say they left them, they left them out there to die. based on what? based on anonymous people in the ad
information now that will implicate the obama administration. if you pull that sweater it will come off and there will be exposing too many things we don't want to see. >> in the communication, one of the first things you want to do is admit what you know and admit what you don't know. administration went full bore blaming spontaneous attack on a video that is not true. intel community last friday tried to take the fall for it. people aren't buying it. something happened in the seven days...
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there are very important questions that need to be asked of the obama administration. when you look at the hardidate athere is no way to explain how the rate decreased from 8.1% to 7.8%. as the former director of the nonpartisan cbo put it, it is simply implausible. a few things to keep in mind. the real unemployment rate remains unchanged, 14.6%. remember, this number includes people who have left the labor force because they cannot find a job. guess what? they are no longer counted. they are nonexistent. it is the same number that it was a month ago. number 2, the real number of unemployed or under-employed increased by 100,000 since last month and stands at 23.2 million americans. here's how that number is broken down. 12 million people are unemployed, 2 1/2 million people have given up and they are no longer counted. nearly 9 million people are working part time because they cannot find a full-time job. this is what president obama calls moving forward? there are more americans unemployed and under-employed than last month and the month before that. what is a fact,
there are very important questions that need to be asked of the obama administration. when you look at the hardidate athere is no way to explain how the rate decreased from 8.1% to 7.8%. as the former director of the nonpartisan cbo put it, it is simply implausible. a few things to keep in mind. the real unemployment rate remains unchanged, 14.6%. remember, this number includes people who have left the labor force because they cannot find a job. guess what? they are no longer counted. they are...
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what are we to make about these plans for a second obama administration, it might not come to pass, but they are getting their spending priorities in order. >> look. the thing that the president is very clearly doing in this reelection campaign is being a very vague. well democrats accuse mitt romney of being vague, the president has intentionally talked only in general about the need for infrastructure and other stimulus kind of spending and the need for what he says will be a tax increase on top earners to pay for it. when you get down to specifics you don't need -- you don't hear very much about what it would be. part of the reason for that is that the president knows that there are a lot of people with their hands out, the people with ideas for how that money ought to be spent. one concern that he has aside from frightening moderate voters with more spending is creating this line up at the trough for lawmakers from his own party it will be looking for the second term to be even more lavish than the first. neil: to you think that will be the case? >> i think it could be. based on wha
what are we to make about these plans for a second obama administration, it might not come to pass, but they are getting their spending priorities in order. >> look. the thing that the president is very clearly doing in this reelection campaign is being a very vague. well democrats accuse mitt romney of being vague, the president has intentionally talked only in general about the need for infrastructure and other stimulus kind of spending and the need for what he says will be a tax...
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administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has been steadily declining for the last year that now suddenly right before the election it declines a little more? please. >> a lot of people are saying that the government's cooking the books here. >> i'll tell you these guys are saying they feel like they cooked the books. >> look, i got to say, if you're cooking the books, 7.8% unemployment is a [ bleep ] recipe. it's like the radish stew of jobless numbers. if you're cooking, make a nice jambalaya, something nice for people. unemployment is 2.6%. everybody, now we're getting -- >> enough said. with the election just weeks away, positive news about the economy ignites desperation among angry republicans. >>> last time i told you about republican congressman paul broun, the member of the house science committee who called things like evolution and even the big bang theory lies from the
administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has been steadily declining for the last year that now suddenly right before the election it declines a little more? please. >> a lot of people are saying that the government's cooking the books here. >> i'll tell you these guys are saying they feel like...
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this is abysmal failure on the part of the obama administration. an the state department. his state department. repeated requests for made for security to have security of the embassy and consulate. they have blood on their hands. you will end up with dead americaning. good job. >> bob: you were a prosecutor. evidence of facts, name me the evidence and facts. >> bob: these are the intelligence reports. >> kimberly: i want -->> -- do you read fox news wires and intelligence report from morgan harrington not one of which have been disproved, all of which are confirmed? do you read that? >> bob: jurisprudence -- >> dana: this is not just from catherine herridge who has broken a lot of this. cbs, reuters, "new york times." >> kimberly: main stream media even. liberal media. >> bob: can you take it to court and get conviction? >> kimberly: you're saying don't thereon what they say? disbelieve them because it's convenience of truth to get obama re-elected? >> bob: there is a lot of explaining to be done but there needs to be evidence. the idea to take dick cheney as an expert in
this is abysmal failure on the part of the obama administration. an the state department. his state department. repeated requests for made for security to have security of the embassy and consulate. they have blood on their hands. you will end up with dead americaning. good job. >> bob: you were a prosecutor. evidence of facts, name me the evidence and facts. >> bob: these are the intelligence reports. >> kimberly: i want -->> -- do you read fox news wires and...
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the obama administration has launched the first ups toward military action against the suspects on the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya last month. special operations command could have been used to capture militants deemed to have been involved in those actions killing americans, including christopher stevens. the options under discussion include drone strikes, special operations raids, and joint missions with libyan forces. lawmakers are claiming that the state are rebuffed pleas from the u.s. officials in libya. i house oversight and government reform committee, republicans said they set a hearing for next week to investigate. hillary clinton says she plans to cooperate with the probe. the pennsylvania judge has struck down the state's election law requiring voters to show photo id. pennsylvania's law allowed voting only to those who could produce a state driver's license, government employee id, or a state non-driver id card. but on tuesday, a commonwealth court judge ruled the state does not have enough time to adequately provide id to all those that need it
the obama administration has launched the first ups toward military action against the suspects on the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya last month. special operations command could have been used to capture militants deemed to have been involved in those actions killing americans, including christopher stevens. the options under discussion include drone strikes, special operations raids, and joint missions with libyan forces. lawmakers are claiming that the state are...
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critics are saying the obama administration did get their 3:00 a.m. call and they flushed it. we'll talk to john bolton about this. bill: some say this is come dip downplaying expectations for tomorrow's debate. republicans saying mitt romney has to bring the athlete like he did against newt gingrich. >> i think of the four us, yes. >> that's inexcusable. the idea that i'm anti-immigrants is repulsive. don't use a term like that. i think you should awe apologize for it. having differences on opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. [applause] are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. martha: spirit airlines is imposing punishing fee hikes. up to $100 they are going to charge baggage carrying customers. if you wait to pay at checkin to bring your bag on that fee will bump up $50 from the current $40. and those who wait to pay at at gate will have to hand over $100 to
critics are saying the obama administration did get their 3:00 a.m. call and they flushed it. we'll talk to john bolton about this. bill: some say this is come dip downplaying expectations for tomorrow's debate. republicans saying mitt romney has to bring the athlete like he did against newt gingrich. >> i think of the four us, yes. >> that's inexcusable. the idea that i'm anti-immigrants is repulsive. don't use a term like that. i think you should awe apologize for it. having...
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. >> the obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8%. >> would not exceed 8%. >> unemployment under 8%. >> below 8%. >> tonight a requiem for the 8% promise. the mitt romney coal miner story got even uglier today. we'll talk to the author of a new report that claims the owner of the ohio mine mitt romney visited forced workers to donate to the romney campaign. and the legendary actor lavar burton is mad at mitt romney for going after big bird. >> i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >> the real story. good to have you with us tonight folks. thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an additional 86,000 were added to revisions for july and august. the labor force grew, my friends, by 418,000, which means the drop in unempl
. >> the obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8%. >> would not exceed 8%. >> unemployment under 8%. >> below 8%. >> tonight a requiem for the 8% promise. the mitt romney coal miner story got even uglier today. we'll talk to the author of a new report that claims the owner of the ohio mine mitt romney visited forced workers to donate to the romney campaign. and the legendary actor lavar burton is mad at mitt romney for going after big...
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the criticism president obama and the administration refusing to meet with netanyahu and impaired relations with israel. here is romney's take. >> put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. not hells tate time to pose sanctions on iran. tighten the sanctions we currently have. >> bob: if you want -- >> eric: if you want a lesson on difference in foreign policy between obama and romney listen to that one more time and then listen to bombardiebombardierbarack obamat embarrassment for the exceptionalism and the reaction to 9/11 was improper. he goes on and on. apologizing for america. they can't be more different. >> dana: if you go back and look at obama speech, take time for the speech in germany running as a candidate. similar thing. >> bob: he said tighten the sanctions are there, tight. he said add additional sanction. not one thing about what they were. in terms of saying to iran you don't have nuclear capability, that's been said. >> dana: if he had something specific, the complaint would h
the criticism president obama and the administration refusing to meet with netanyahu and impaired relations with israel. here is romney's take. >> put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. not hells tate time to pose sanctions on iran. tighten the sanctions we currently have. >> bob: if you want -- >> eric: if you want a lesson on difference in foreign policy between obama and...
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. >> -- the obama administration still can't get its story straight as the cover-up continues. >> this is turning into something not short of banghazi-gate. >> newt gingrich breaks down the mixed messages coming out of the white house. >> what did president obama do the same day of a terror attack on american citizens? he campaigned in las vegas. >> sean: and a blistering new political ad targets the anointed one's response to the banghazi terror attack. plus, the candidates collide in less than 48 hours. >> this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning. >> sean: the president tries to downplay expectations and predictions from team romney as we preview wednesday's debate in denver. >> i just created a huge screw-up. >> sean: all that, plus my exclusive interview with former california governor and hollywood legend arnold schwarzenegger. we are 36 days from election day and "hannity" starts right here right now. >> sean: this is a fox news alert. congressional hearings on the banghazi attack are about to be convened in the last hour fox news has obtained a let
. >> -- the obama administration still can't get its story straight as the cover-up continues. >> this is turning into something not short of banghazi-gate. >> newt gingrich breaks down the mixed messages coming out of the white house. >> what did president obama do the same day of a terror attack on american citizens? he campaigned in las vegas. >> sean: and a blistering new political ad targets the anointed one's response to the banghazi terror attack. plus, the...
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administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're supposed to just say this is a radically new position for the candidate and welcome to it. joining us now, jonathan alter, columnist for "bloomberg news" and msnbc political analyst. mr. alter, great to have you here. >> hi, rachel. >> how does president obama counter the strategy of mitt romney's to unveil whole new ideas or deny he ever held the ideas that he plainly has held? it's one thing to have a truth squad fact checking on pooinlli. how do you counter that at the podium? >> one is i'm rubber, you're glue, bounces off and sticks to you. tr
administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're supposed to just say...
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. >> news that the cbs news chief correspondent is calling out the obama administration for lying to american people. it's big and important. laura logan in her own words. "i can't stand that there is a major lie propagated. there is a narrative coming out of washington for the last two years. poor, moderate, gentleer, kinder taliban. it's just nonsense. president obama turns blind eye to reality that the bad guys that want to kill our children are out there lur lurking. while obama takes another victory lap last night. >> today, al-qaeda is on appeal and bin laden is no more. >> eric: let's start with laura logan. big news. big journalist. if anyone should know where al-qaeda is, and in the sate of al-qaeda would be her. >> andrea: laura logan was assaulted in egypt. amazing she has the courage to go back and report. if anyone knows her stuff about the region, she does. for her to call out the president on not just -- she is not just saying he is taking a victory lap. she is accusing the administration of lying. we have seen them not just publicly announce withdrawal from iraq as na
. >> news that the cbs news chief correspondent is calling out the obama administration for lying to american people. it's big and important. laura logan in her own words. "i can't stand that there is a major lie propagated. there is a narrative coming out of washington for the last two years. poor, moderate, gentleer, kinder taliban. it's just nonsense. president obama turns blind eye to reality that the bad guys that want to kill our children are out there lur lurking. while obama...
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house republicans demanded answers from the obama administration on why it seems they covered up the organized terror attack on the benghazi embassy a month ago. nbc's own steve handelsman joins us from washington with the details. good evening, steve. >> reporter: larry, good evening to you from capitol hill. there were more questions today here from republicans and not only republicans about what some see as an attempt by the obama administration to cover up an al qaeda comeback in libya. but mostly the hearing was about a far simpler issue -- why were so few american armed forces assigned to protect american diplomats in such a dangerous place? to highlight his concern, president obama had his terrorism adviser john brennan in libya today to push the investigation of the 9/11/2012 attacks that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others. but republicans at the house hearing charged the obama state department showed a lack of concern last summer after u.s. facilities in benghazi were attacked twice. >> i believe personally with more assets, more resources, just meeting th
house republicans demanded answers from the obama administration on why it seems they covered up the organized terror attack on the benghazi embassy a month ago. nbc's own steve handelsman joins us from washington with the details. good evening, steve. >> reporter: larry, good evening to you from capitol hill. there were more questions today here from republicans and not only republicans about what some see as an attempt by the obama administration to cover up an al qaeda comeback in...
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it's not simply the obama administration. nevertheless, i think it's undeniable that the obama administration has been crystal clear that they plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, that they plan to raise taxes therefore on a lot of small business owners, and that they plan to continue to increase the amount of regulation out there. those are just facts. those facts hurt small businesses. >> mr. siegel, now that we've had this very public discussion and the world knows what you wrote in that e-mail, do you regret writing it at all? >> no, i wanted to inform my employees of what their future would hold if they make the wrong decision when they vote. i wasn't threatening any of the employees. if they vote for obama, they're not going to lose their job, but but they have the potential in the future if this economy continues to spiral downward in taxes and obamacare coming into effect. they do have the possibility that the company will be further downsized. every company wants to grow, wants to increase the benefits they give their
it's not simply the obama administration. nevertheless, i think it's undeniable that the obama administration has been crystal clear that they plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, that they plan to raise taxes therefore on a lot of small business owners, and that they plan to continue to increase the amount of regulation out there. those are just facts. those facts hurt small businesses. >> mr. siegel, now that we've had this very public discussion and the world knows what you wrote in...
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. >> reporter: in a fox 5 interview, senator john mccain says the obama administration's handling of the libyan cannes last attack is part of a pattern of confusion in u.s. foreign policy. >> how would we know that mitt romney would perform better in a similar situation? >> a lot of times, it is not crime, it is the cover-up. what is the worst thing, sending our u.n. ambassador out to every major news outlet saying this was a hateful video that caused a spontaneous demonstration. that is outrageous. >> reporter: one campaign is trying to keep building its momentum while another is trying to rebuild its lead. the good news for president obama is there are still two presidential doe bates left on october 16th and the 22nd. the vice presidential candidates will debate this thursday in danville, kentucky. in the newsroom, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> we still have plenty ahead, your weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. starts now. >>> good morning. it is 4:30 on this tuesday, october 9th. the washington monument is under this somewhere.
. >> reporter: in a fox 5 interview, senator john mccain says the obama administration's handling of the libyan cannes last attack is part of a pattern of confusion in u.s. foreign policy. >> how would we know that mitt romney would perform better in a similar situation? >> a lot of times, it is not crime, it is the cover-up. what is the worst thing, sending our u.n. ambassador out to every major news outlet saying this was a hateful video that caused a spontaneous...
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between the obama administration and the israeli government, which is sent mixed signals. it's an important question about how you have the credibility to deal with this issue. >> real quick, you've been helping congressman ryan prepare for the debate tomorrow. he's up against joe biden and someone who has a lot of foreign policy experience. paul ryan does not. how are you preparing? is he prepared for tomorrow? >> first of all, joe biden's one of the most experienced debate ers many american politics. david plouffe said one of the reasons president obama chose joe biden was because he won the debates in 2008, been vice president for a few years. as you know from public report, david axelrod has parachuted into the biden debate prep over the last few days. we know there's a lot of pressure on the vice president and he's very engaged and experienced. paul ryan i think will do just fine. he's up against you know, a real pro. on the foreign policy, i would say that congressman ryan not only in his role as budget committee chairman, he's worked on a lot of defense budgets, a l
between the obama administration and the israeli government, which is sent mixed signals. it's an important question about how you have the credibility to deal with this issue. >> real quick, you've been helping congressman ryan prepare for the debate tomorrow. he's up against joe biden and someone who has a lot of foreign policy experience. paul ryan does not. how are you preparing? is he prepared for tomorrow? >> first of all, joe biden's one of the most experienced debate ers...
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obama and his administration with evidence piling up on barack obama. within hours of the attacks obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. given occasions intercepted between al qaeda and libyan militants bragging about the attack. every sign pointed to terrorism. but for two long weeks obama and his team blamed a video. why? for political reasons. it was in obama's interests to not portray attacks as terrorism on the anniversary of the september 11th. intelligence was there. clear signs of terrorists but politics came forth. the evidence is mounting and more questions arise what. did this president know? and when? >> what is more important? big bird or lies this was a spontaneous attack on our consulate that murdered four people? and they were the ones responsible, then, telling the american people this is due to an internet movie trailer released in july. and joining me now with reaction fox news political analyst juan williams and author of the "great destroyer". i want to
obama and his administration with evidence piling up on barack obama. within hours of the attacks obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. given occasions intercepted between al qaeda and libyan militants bragging about the attack. every sign pointed to terrorism. but for two long weeks obama and his team blamed a video. why? for political reasons. it was in obama's interests to not portray attacks as terrorism on...
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what the obama administration is doing. then would also suggest they would be paying the legal costs. it's outrageous -- if it ends up being exactly as we understand it to be, it's outrageous. i can't manual how they thought they would get away with it. i'll be interested to see if it becomes a bigger story in the next few days. >> bret: juan? >> i think it's clearly political. i think the obama administration here wants to avoid scaring people or creating defense industry a major industry in this country. sense of panic about what may happen with the sequestions ration, because i think they fear it -- see questions ration because they think it will have consequences like producing anxiety. the other way to think of this is say they're confident once the eselection over the president said he thinks if he wins the re-election, he will be if a better position to negotiate with the republicans and deal will be made and wants to prevent unnecessary anxiety from spreading in the industry. saying he will take steps and administra
what the obama administration is doing. then would also suggest they would be paying the legal costs. it's outrageous -- if it ends up being exactly as we understand it to be, it's outrageous. i can't manual how they thought they would get away with it. i'll be interested to see if it becomes a bigger story in the next few days. >> bret: juan? >> i think it's clearly political. i think the obama administration here wants to avoid scaring people or creating defense industry a major...
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obama administration reacted to the news this way. "we congratulate the venezuelan people on the high level of participation, as well as on what was a relatively peaceful election process." white house press secretary jay carney noted the u.s. has differences with chavez. nbc news describe supporters' reaction as an emotional moment in history. chavez endorsed president obama earlier this month. big bird wants the presidential campaign to lay off. people behind "sesame street" are asking that the cash cow considerable canary be excluded from any further advertising. correspondent shannon bream reports it's just the late esturn in what has become in the minds of many a foul saga in this race. >> you may be used to seeing him hanging out on a quiet neighborhood street. but since being mentioned in last week's presidential debate -- >> i like pbs. i love big bird. it actually like you, too. but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> big bird has gone big time. from the campaign trail t
obama administration reacted to the news this way. "we congratulate the venezuelan people on the high level of participation, as well as on what was a relatively peaceful election process." white house press secretary jay carney noted the u.s. has differences with chavez. nbc news describe supporters' reaction as an emotional moment in history. chavez endorsed president obama earlier this month. big bird wants the presidential campaign to lay off. people behind "sesame...
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. >> rose: was that one of the failures of the obama administration not to deal with the housing crisis as part of the financial collapse. >> very much so but you have to remember he inherited the problem. bush hadn't even talked about it. obama said let's do something. but then what they proposed was simply inadequate. >> rose: was it because they focused on the financial sector at the exclusion of the housing issue? >> basically, basically. part of it was they were worried at the time that the kinds of things you needed to do. restructure the mortgage, write down the mortgages, would weaken the banking system. and they were more focused on helping the bankers than homeowners. you know, ode citizens. and i think that was a big mistake. >> rose: when you look at 2008 and the decisions made first by the bush administration, paulson, bernanke, geithner and later decisions by the president, summers and geithner and others or bernanke, were the right decisions at the time to deal with the financial crisis to avoid going over into some abyss? >> they prevented us from going into the abyss, i
. >> rose: was that one of the failures of the obama administration not to deal with the housing crisis as part of the financial collapse. >> very much so but you have to remember he inherited the problem. bush hadn't even talked about it. obama said let's do something. but then what they proposed was simply inadequate. >> rose: was it because they focused on the financial sector at the exclusion of the housing issue? >> basically, basically. part of it was they were...